Editing Altona, Illinois

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Altona
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| settlement_type = [[List of towns and villages in Illinois|Village]]
| image_skyline = Altona Library Hall.jpg
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| image_caption = Altona Public Library
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| image_map = File:Knox County Illinois Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Altona Highlighted.svg
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| map_caption = Location of Altona in Knox County, Illinois.
| image_map1 = Illinois in United States (US48).svg
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| map_caption1 = Location of Illinois in the United States
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| coordinates = {{coord|41|06|54|N|90|09|53|W|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = United States
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Illinois
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = [[Knox County, Illinois|Knox]]
| subdivision_type3 = Township
| subdivision_name3 = [[Walnut Grove Township, Knox County, Illinois|Walnut Grove]]
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| leader_title = Mayor
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| leader_title1 = Village president
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| unit_pref = Imperial
| area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_17.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 15, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 2.43
| area_total_sq_mi = 0.94
| area_land_km2 = 2.43
| area_land_sq_mi = 0.94
| area_water_km2 = 0.00
| area_water_sq_mi = 0.00
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft = 761
| population_as_of = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total = 463
|| population_density_km2 = 190.50
| population_density_sq_mi = 493.60
| timezone1 = [[North American Central Time Zone|CST]]
| utc_offset1 = -6
| timezone1_DST = [[North American Central Time Zone|CDT]]
| utc_offset1_DST = -5
| postal_code_type = [[ZIP code|ZIP Code(s)]]
| postal_code = 61414
| area_code = [[Area code 309#United States|309]]
| blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
| blank_info = 17-01140
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| blank1_info = 2397949<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2397949}}</ref>
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| blank2_name_sec2 = Wikimedia Commons
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| website = {{URL|http://altonaillinois.weebly.com/}}
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'''Altona''' (formerly LaPier & Walnut Grove) is a village in [[Knox County, Illinois]], [[United States]]. The population was 531 at the 2010 census, down from 570 in 2000. It is part of the [[Galesburg, Illinois|Galesburg]] [[Galesburg micropolitan area|Micropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
Altona was originally called La Pier, and under the latter name was laid out in 1834.<ref>{{cite book|last=Callary|first=Edward|title=Place Names of Illinois|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZvHgwa-XImcC&pg=PA8|date=September 29, 2008|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=978-0-252-09070-7|page=8}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the 2010 census, Altona has a total area of {{convert|1|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="census-g001">{{cite web
  |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1701140
  |title=G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1
  |accessdate=August 1, 2015
  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213065922/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1701140
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
  |url-status=dead
  }}</ref>

===Climate===
{{Weather box   <!-- Infobox begins -->
| single line = Y
| location    = Altona, Illinois, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 2005&ndash;present

|Jan record high F = 62
|Feb record high F = 73
|Mar record high F = 82
|Apr record high F = 87
|May record high F = 96
|Jun record high F = 96
|Jul record high F = 102
|Aug record high F = 99
|Sep record high F = 97
|Oct record high F = 91
|Nov record high F = 76
|Dec record high F = 73

|Jan avg record high F = 52.8
|Feb avg record high F = 57.1
|Mar avg record high F = 71.4
|Apr avg record high F = 81.9
|May avg record high F = 88.5
|Jun avg record high F = 92.1
|Jul avg record high F = 92.8
|Aug avg record high F = 91.7
|Sep avg record high F = 90.2
|Oct avg record high F = 82.4
|Nov avg record high F = 69.6
|Dec avg record high F = 57.6
|year avg record high F = 94.4

<!-- Average high temperatures -->
| Jan high F  =29.9
| Feb high F  =35.3
| Mar high F  =48.1
| Apr high F  =61.5
| May high F  =72.0
| Jun high F  =80.5
| Jul high F  =83.4
| Aug high F  =81.9
| Sep high F  =76.3
| Oct high F  =63.9
| Nov high F  =48.5
| Dec high F  =35.4
<!-- Mean daily temperature -->
| Jan mean F  =21.4
| Feb mean F  =25.5
| Mar mean F  =37.3
| Apr mean F  =49.2
| May mean F  =60.6
| Jun mean F  =69.7
| Jul mean F  =72.6
| Aug mean F  =70.6
| Sep mean F  =64.0
| Oct mean F  =51.9
| Nov mean F  =38.3
| Dec mean F  =27.1
<!-- Average low temperatures -->
| Jan low F  =13.0
| Feb low F  =15.8
| Mar low F  =26.5
| Apr low F  =36.9
| May low F  =49.2
| Jun low F  =58.9
| Jul low F  =61.8
| Aug low F  =59.3
| Sep low F  =51.6
| Oct low F  =39.8
| Nov low F  =28.1
| Dec low F  =18.7

|Jan avg record low F = -9.8
|Feb avg record low F = -5.1
|Mar avg record low F = 6.0
|Apr avg record low F = 22.2
|May avg record low F = 34.9
|Jun avg record low F = 48.2
|Jul avg record low F = 52.7
|Aug avg record low F = 51.1
|Sep avg record low F = 39.3
|Oct avg record low F = 25.1
|Nov avg record low F = 10.3
|Dec avg record low F = -0.9
|year avg record low F = -14.9

|Jan record low F = -32
|Feb record low F = -24
|Mar record low F = -12
|Apr record low F = 14
|May record low F = 27
|Jun record low F = 43
|Jul record low F = 48
|Aug record low F = 44
|Sep record low F = 31
|Oct record low F = 18
|Nov record low F = -4
|Dec record low F = -15

<!-- Total precipitation, this should include rain and snow. -->
| precipitation colour    =  green
| Jan precipitation inch  =1.82
| Feb precipitation inch  =2.07
| Mar precipitation inch  =2.58
| Apr precipitation inch  =4.00
| May precipitation inch  =5.21
| Jun precipitation inch  =4.72
| Jul precipitation inch  =3.98
| Aug precipitation inch  =3.76
| Sep precipitation inch  =3.81
| Oct precipitation inch  =2.77
| Nov precipitation inch  =2.56
| Dec precipitation inch  =2.10

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 9.1
|Feb precipitation days = 8.6
|Mar precipitation days = 10.3
|Apr precipitation days = 11.6
|May precipitation days = 12.2
|Jun precipitation days = 11.1
|Jul precipitation days = 7.6
|Aug precipitation days = 7.0
|Sep precipitation days = 8.3
|Oct precipitation days = 10.2
|Nov precipitation days = 7.4
|Dec precipitation days = 9.2

|Jan snow inch = 10.4
|Feb snow inch = 11.5
|Mar snow inch = 5.3
|Apr snow inch = 1.6
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.3
|Nov snow inch = 1.9
|Dec snow inch = 8.6
|year snow inch =

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 6.3
|Feb snow days = 5.4
|Mar snow days = 3.2
|Apr snow days = 0.7
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.3
|Nov snow days = 1.0
|Dec snow days = 4.9

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00110140&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Altona, IL
|access-date = February 25, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service (mean maxima/minima 2006&ndash;2020)<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=ilx
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Central Illinois
|access-date = February 25, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1870= 902
|1880= 818
|1890= 654
|1900= 633
|1910= 528
|1920= 506
|1930= 464
|1940= 480
|1950= 462
|1960= 505
|1970= 542
|1980= 610
|1990= 559
|2000= 570
|2010= 531
|2020= 463
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
At the 2000 [[census]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> there were 570 people, 216 households and 160 families residing in the village. The [[population density]] was {{convert|560.8|/sqmi}}. There were 230 housing units at an average density of {{convert|226.3|/sqmi}}. The racial make-up was 99.47% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.18% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.35% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]]. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.88% of the population.

There were 216 households, of which 32.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.9% were non-families. 22.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.08.

27.0% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 24.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.0 males.

The [[median household income]] was $35,729 and the median family income was $39,318. Males had a median income of $32,813 and females $21,111. The [[per capita income]] was $15,805. About 2.9% of families and 6.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 8.1% of those under age 18 and 4.8% of those age 65 or over.
{{wide image|Altona, Illinois.jpg|500px|Altona, Illinois}}

==References==
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{{Knox County, Illinois}}

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[[Category:Villages in Knox County, Illinois]]
[[Category:Galesburg, Illinois micropolitan area]]
[[Category:Villages in Illinois]]